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HKFE Announces Revised Margins For CNOOC Limited Futures Contracts After Capital Adjustment

Date 15/03/2004

Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx), announced that with effect from the commencement of trading on Wednesday, 17 March 2004, the minimum margins to be collected by an Exchange Participant from its clients in respect of their dealings in the following futures contracts will be as outlined in the table below. The adjustments are based on the clearing company's normal procedures and standard margining methodology.
Euronext: Entenial Removed From Next 150 Index

Date 15/03/2004

New composition of Next 150 Index
Euronext.liffe: Exchanges To Observe Three Minutes' Silence

Date 15/03/2004

Together with other European exchanges at 11am on Monday, 15 March, Euronext.liffe observed three minutes' silence to remember the recent tragedy in Spain.
EuroMTS Launches Benchmark Treasury Bill Market

Date 15/03/2004

EuroMTS today announced the introduction of the reference market for European Treasury bills, setting benchmark standards and creating a single point of access to concentrate liquidity and to increase visibility for this asset class.
CBOT Swaps March 2004 Settlement

Date 15/03/2004

CBOT® 5-Year and 10-Year Interest Rate Swap futures for March 2004 were cash settled on March 15, 2004 at the following final settlement prices: CBOT 5-Year Swaps: 113-14.75/32nds or 113-147 CBOT 10-Year Swaps: 115-11.5/32nds or 115-115

CBOT Fed Watch - March 2004

Date 15/03/2004

In advance of next week's Federal Open Market Committee meeting on March 16, the Chicago Board of Trade will be reporting daily rate change probabilities in the FOMC's federal funds target rate, as indicated by the CBOT® 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract. The CBOT 30-Day Federal Funds futures contract is a key benchmark interest rate barometer that reflects the forward overnight effective rate for excess reserves that are traded among commercial banks in the U.S. federal funds market.
CBOT Dow News & Highlights: March 8-12 - CBOT® Dow<SUP>SM</SUP> Complex, Mini-sized Dow<SUP>SM</SUP> Futures Shatter Previous Volume Records

Date 15/03/2004

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that its mini-sized Dow Jones Index futures set a second consecutive daily trading record, surpassing the prior record by 50 percent with 155,922 contracts traded on March 11. The previous record of 103,950 contracts was set a day earlier on March 10.
CalPERS Mandates Code Of Ethics For External Investment Managers, Consultants - System Also Endorses Set Of Mutual Fund Protection Principles

Date 15/03/2004

Responding to recent trading scandals in the money management industry, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS) Board today adopted a code of ethics that external managers and consultants must follow if they are to continue doing business with CalPERS.
Botswana Stock Exchange Market Commentary

Date 15/03/2004

There was slightly more activity in the week with demand exceeding supply of stock as evidenced by the lack of offers on some of the stocks.
Bolsa De Madrid Trades The First 10 New Warrants On The FTSE Latibex Top Index

Date 15/03/2004

Bolsa de Madrid today began trading 10 new warrants issued by Société Générale on the FTSE Latibex TOP index. These are the first warrants to be issued on a Euro-denominated index for Latin American stocks.